Improved wagon for transporting medicines



UNITED STATESl PATENT OEEICE.

JACOB DUNTON, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

IMPaovED WAGON Foa TaANs'PoRTING MEDICINES.

-Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 37,955, dated March 24, 1863.

`T0 @ZZ whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, JACOB DUNTON, of the city and county of Philadelphia, in the Stmate of Pennsylvania, have invented a new and Improved Device for Transporting Medical Stores; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full and exact description of the same, reference bein g had to the accompanying drawings, making part ot' this spocilication, in whichm Figure l is a perspective view illustrating the manner of packing a complete set of medical cases in a wagon. Fig. 2 is a rear view illustrating the manner of conveying them in pairs upon the backs of animals.

Similar letters of reference indicate corre- Spending parts in both views.

The nature of mypresent invention consists in subdividing the body ot' a wagon or cart for the transportation of medical stores into a number of packages of convenient size and shape for transportation on the backs of animals, at the same time so preserving their form that they will adapt themselves to the twisting and lurching of the wagon without injury to the packages or their contents.

That others skilled in the art to which my invention appertains may be enabled to fully understand and use the same, I will proceed to describe its construction and operation.

A A may represent the body of a wagon of any convenient size and forni, and B B the Wheels. C C C are a number of cases or subdivisions constructed strongly, and suitably bound with metal, so as to preserve them from danger of being broken or twisted or pressed out of shape. The said cases are so formed and arranged as to completely fill the wagon-body, and are of such size that they may readily be carried in pairs upon thebacks of animals, as illustrated in Fig. 2. As placed in the wagon, the front of every case is presented outward, so that the drawers, shelves,

faucets, or whatever they may be fitted with, may be readily approachable. Hinged boards or flaps D D cover the fronts of the cases when the latter are not in use, and at other times being lowered to a horizontal position, as shown in Fig. l, serve as tables for the use of the surgeon in preparing medicines, &e. The frame of the wagon is so constructed as while exposing the fronts ot' all the cases, as before explained, to render their accidental displacement impossible.

The importance and value of this invention will be too evident to all familiar with the requirements of the medical service in the army to require an extended explanation of its merits. In transporting medical stores in places where roads are not to be depended on, and where the stores may at any time be needed for immediate use, it is absolutely essential that the cases in which they are contained shall be adapted for transportation, either on wheels or on the backs of animals, and readily accessible in either position.

Having thus described my invention, I wish it distinctly understood that I do not conine myself to the precise form of parts adopted in the present illustration; but

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

As an improved mode ot conveying medical stores for army use, the subdivision of the body of a Wagon or cart into a number of packages or compartments, so constructed and arranged that they will adapt themselves to the twisting and lurchin g of the wagon, preserve their contents frorn injury, and be capable of convenient transportation on the backs of animals, substantially as set forth.

JACOB DUNTON. Witnesses:

THos. J. VAN OsTEN, THOMAS McGRossoN. 

